microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:4b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 69
Hardware Fit
99 vs 85
Quality Score
46 vs 62
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec40.336.9
First chunk289 ms474 ms
TTFT289 ms6.9 s
Load timeN/A2.9 s
Memory usage2.0 GB5.3 GB
Memory %6%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.5:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
qwen3.5:4b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
9/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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